NEW ZEALAND VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,219	57	10	+ 2,209
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,976	7	920	+ 1,056
Malaria	3	1,422	78	0	+ 1,422
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,363	16	458	+ 905
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,268	37	81	+ 1,187
Stroke	6	1,171	3	2,378	- 1,207
Birth Trauma	7	1,090	54	15	+ 1,075
Low Birth Weight	8	1,013	38	78	+ 935
Coronary Heart Disease	9	920	1	5,095	- 4,175
Tuberculosis	10	760	52	17	+ 743
Congenital Anomalies	11	695	30	176	+ 520
Violence	12	647	42	57	+ 589
Liver Disease	13	536	32	158	+ 379
Diabetes Mellitus	14	502	8	769	- 266
Cervical Cancer	15	458	41	61	+ 398
Meningitis	16	389	59	9	+ 380
Maternal Conditions	17	381	63	5	+ 377
Malnutrition	18	347	55	14	+ 333
Kidney Disease	19	332	17	432	- 100
Other Injuries	20	328	28	218	+ 110
Hypertension	21	327	20	327	- 0
Lung Disease	22	320	5	1,815	- 1,495
Syphilis	23	234	70	0	+ 234
Suicide	24	213	15	528	- 315
Pertussis	25	200	65	1	+ 199
Lymphomas	26	184	13	608	- 424
Asthma	27	183	36	91	+ 92
Oesophagus Cancer	28	175	25	279	- 104
Liver Cancer	29	159	24	288	- 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	135	2	3,032	- 2,897
Drownings	31	130	44	54	+ 75
Breast Cancer	32	118	10	737	- 619
Falls	33	118	11	627	- 509
Prostate Cancer	34	99	9	739	- 639
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	96	6	1,495	- 1,398
Fires	36	91	53	17	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	37	90	23	313	- 223
Endocrine Disorders	38	80	21	325	- 245
Poisonings	39	78	58	9	+ 69
Oral Cancer	40	77	31	164	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	72	39	70	+ 2
Leukemia	42	63	18	391	- 328
Epilepsy	43	63	43	55	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	44	54	29	207	- 152
Stomach Cancer	45	54	22	323	- 269
Lung Cancers	46	46	4	1,873	- 1,827
Pancreas Cancer	47	38	14	543	- 505
Parkinson's Disease	48	37	19	353	- 316
Skin Cancers	49	37	12	612	- 575
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	36	35	113	- 76
Measles	51	36	82	0	+ 36
Schistosomiasis	52	30	77	0	+ 30
Tetanus	53	28	69	0	+ 28
Alcohol	54	27	45	51	- 25
Skin Disease	55	25	34	118	- 93
Uterin Cancer	56	24	33	145	- 120
Drug Use	57	24	40	69	- 45
Appendicitis	58	22	62	6	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	59	19	26	267	- 248
Upper Respiratory	60	15	64	4	+ 11
Hepatitis B	61	13	56	14	- 1
Encephalitis	62	13	66	1	+ 12
War	63	9	68	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	46	47	- 41
Trypanosomiasis	65	5	81	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	66	4	27	245	- 241
Hepatitis C	67	3	48	30	- 26
Leishmaniasis	68	3	80	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	47	43	- 42
Ascariasis	70	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	67	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Uganda

New Zealand

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.